masoud hossein jari; hamidreza zakeri
Volume 1, Issue 1 , October 2010, , Pages 1-21
Abstract
The present study was aimed to investigate usefullness of Persian version of King (2008) spiritual intelligence scale in Iranian culture and comparing spiritual intelligence among University students, junior clergy mans in religious schools (Howzeh), and students of art schools, so that the effect ...
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The present study was aimed to investigate usefullness of Persian version of King (2008) spiritual intelligence scale in Iranian culture and comparing spiritual intelligence among University students, junior clergy mans in religious schools (Howzeh), and students of art schools, so that the effect of field of study and interests on spiritual intelligence to be explored. For this propose, 304 people (168 female and 136 male) with various university majors, from religious schools, as well as from art schools, completed King spiritual intelligence scale. Results indicated desirable psychometric properties of the scale for use in Iranian sample. Except in Conscious State Expansion subscale, three groups were significantly different in such a way that junior clergy mans scored higher than two other groups. Investigating gender differences showed that males scored significantly higher than females in Conscious State Expansion subscale; but there were no significant differences in terms of Personal Meaning Production, Transcendental Awareness and Critical Existential Thinking subscales. Discussion of findings in the light of previous literature and some suggestions for further research terminate the article.
